Barbara Walters: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Barbara Walters said elsewhere, not written here

Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

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Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Teachers who recognise that each child is different.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Joe Wicks British fitness coach, television presenter and author

My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2020 source ↗

Cat Deeley English television presenter

Michelle Obama. Her girls were massive fans of So You Think You Can Dance and we were invited to the White House for the Easter egg hunt. She was even more brilliant than you imagine, and we bonded over a love of Beyoncé.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗

Tess Daly English television presenter